SPEAKER
& TOPIC:Our guest speaker, Don
Wheeler,is traveling down all the way from Chicago to
present a slideshow about his many yearsIn
Pursuit of Rattlesnakes in the Midwestern United States.Heís sought rattlesnakes extensively from Texas to Wisconsin,
taking on frequent trips to their native haunts to seek them where they dwell
in their true natural surroundings.Don
has meticulously photographed his adventures to show what itís really like to
encounter and deal with these potentially dangerous creatures so neither the
snakes nor humans get harmed.Don
is a great story-teller, and has authored a couple books on herping.Plus, his artistic talents have also led to a compendium of his best
herp cartoons starring ĎSpotí.Click
on the "25 years of Spot Cartoons"
picture below. Címon
out for a special treat this evening by a veteran of fieldherping!

MEETING SITE : In Ft. Myers, Florida at the Calusa
Nature Center , near Colonial Blvd. (S. R. 884) and Interstate
75. Get off I-75 at exit #136 (old exit #22) and go west (towards the coast) on
884 (Colonial Blvd.) for one-half mile, then turn right at the first traffic
light onto Ortiz Ave., and then left into the Nature Center after only
one-quarter mile. The Iona House meeting site is an older dark green house
located to the left (as you enter the grounds) at the rear of the complex, back
near where the school busses are parked. The meeting opens at 7:00 pm,
and the speaker usually starts no later than 7:15 pm. Non-members
must pay $3.00 at the door to attend the meeting.Click HERE
for a map to the meeting site. After this
meeting, all attendees are invited to join "the core" for an informal
nightcap at Uno's Pizzeria on Daniels Rd. just west of I-75. We will gather
there after this meeting which ends at 8:30 pm.

WHO'S INVITED ? You are! Anyone with an interest in any
aspect of herpetology or herpetoculture is welcome to attend, learn, and
exchange their experiences with our friendly membership. Come out to meet
others who keep, breed or study reptiles and amphibians, and let them share
their fascination with you. We average 35 Ė 70 people attending every
meeting.

Cookies and cold soda, a nightly raffle of live
herps, herp products, and books follow each speaker's talk, and lots of herp
camaraderie, gossip, and fun can be counted upon at all meetings !